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by mlinssen
Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:52 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st
Replies: 25
Views: 16585

Re: Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st

We're live. Kindle, paperback, hardcover - I recommend the Kindle for the 750+ hyperlinks Merry XS-mas everybody! Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st The name Jesus Christ appears nowhere in the Gospels, nor in the Epistles . The very first and oldest, ori...
by mlinssen
Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:47 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st
Replies: 25
Views: 16585

Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st

Gospels, Epistles, Old Testament: the order of books according to Jesus Chri st The name Jesus Christ appears nowhere in the Gospels, nor in the Epistles . The very first and oldest, original Greek texts contain only ΙΣ ΧΣ, some form of shorthand - and nowhere is explained what it means. When it is...
by mlinssen
Fri Jun 02, 2023 2:39 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Manuscripts: The Problem with the Synoptic Problem (Brent Nongbri)
Replies: 12
Views: 1282

Re: Manuscripts: The Problem with the Synoptic Problem (Brent Nongbri)

Well said. Rather than back and forth over Marcion's gospel being the first gospel, perhaps it would be more profitable to attempt to fit it in with the gospels we do have. And that, I would suggest, requires giving more weight to the gospel story rather than the words conveying the story . All thi...
by mlinssen
Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:49 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?
Replies: 121
Views: 7284

Re: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

(twice mentioned by the Marcionite Marcus in Adamantius) De recta in deum fide XV: "This is what the Judaists wrote the (version): 'I have not come to abolish the law but to fulfill (it).' But Christ did not speak in this way; he said rather: 'I have not come to fulfill the law but to abolish ...
by mlinssen
Fri Jun 02, 2023 1:38 am
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Manuscripts: The Problem with the Synoptic Problem (Brent Nongbri)
Replies: 12
Views: 1282

Re: Manuscripts: The Problem with the Synoptic Problem (Brent Nongbri)

I don't think Kloppenborg or Goodacre are going to hold their breath. They have several critical editions at hand. Not that those have been at the least decisive in helping them formulate a solution to the SP; it seems that they merely keep each other occupied :goodmorning: Then again both their Q ...
by mlinssen
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:17 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark
Replies: 15
Views: 1309

Re: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark

Frankly, Ken, I don't think that "are you the Christ?" is a religious accusation in *Ev. ...and says that he was himself the Christ, a king . But Pilate asked him, saying, "Are you the Christ?" And he answered, saying, "You say it". Pilate was asking Jesus in what matt...
by mlinssen
Thu Jun 01, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?
Replies: 121
Views: 7284

Re: Enough of "Textual Criticism"! What Do People Imagine Marcionism Looked Like If You Visited Their Synagogues?

In case anyone doubts the texts are there for this too: More ill-conducted also is Marcion than the wild beasts of that barbarous land: for is any beaver more self-castrating than this man who has abolished marriage? Among that god's adherents no flesh is baptized except it be virgin or widowed or ...
by mlinssen
Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:13 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: No "Descending" - The Myth About Marcion's Incipit
Replies: 140
Views: 8281

Re: No "Descending" - The Myth About Marcion's Incipit

Ken, Apparently, just holding the opinion that there may have been a flesh and blood Jesus who served as a nucleus around whom the legend of Jesus accreted, makes one an "apologist." Joe Wallack used to call me that too, for similar reasons. Just let it roll over you like water off of a d...
by mlinssen
Thu Jun 01, 2023 10:08 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark
Replies: 15
Views: 1309

Re: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark

I'll have to give Ken some points for the fact that in Klinghardt's *Ev Pilate responds only to the first part of the last accusation, the religious aspect, while ignoring the political one - even though that is a very subtle way of inquiring after the latter. not even a point, sorry. From when sho...
by mlinssen
Thu Jun 01, 2023 9:51 pm
Forum: Christian Texts and History
Topic: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark
Replies: 15
Views: 1309

Re: The anomaly of a Pilate who introduces bluntly the politics in a religious trial in Mark

In Mark the Pilate's question "are you the king of the Jews?" is not justified at all on the ground of a previous knowledge by Pilate about the political accusations addressed against Jesus. Who has informed Pilate that the accusation was political? The previous trial before the Sineditre...